I found the lists of terms very straight forward and I knew about most of the vocabulary words in them. There were a few that were new to me, but after reading the definitions, they made total sense. The ones that I didn't know about and actually found funny are: Legacy Media, Meatspace and Mommy Save.
I found these specially interesting since I am an art teacher and I work with legacy media on "meatspace".
Mommy saving is just a term that is new to me. I think it is interesting that I haven't heard it before... since I used to do it all the time!! It has gotten better since I started losing all my saved documents (not knowing where I saved them).

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Fischer, James

10/06/2014 11:27am

I am a 'debbie.' And I do not have any good excuses for why this is the case. As was pointed out to us, I am familiar with the more common terms used in education that encompass the 'Glossary of Educational Terms.' However, my vocabulary is greatly lacking in regards to the terms listed on various sites such a techterms.com and netlingo.com. I have barely gotten past the ability to 'bookmark' a page. I want to Moodle, and create virtual classrooms that my students can access for further support. I'm just not sure where to begin. I use Moodle as an example simply because it is one of the many websites I have heard about that are being used for educational purposes recently, but I have no idea how to create the space. The common tech terms seem only marginally helpful to me in regards to my class, because they just seem like a slang I may never grasp. 'Thread,' I know and have used in my classes through simple e-mail chains not so dissimilar to this format we are using. I would e-mail an assignment to a particular class and have them attach their work to that thread. The terms like 'gamification,' where game design can drive motivation in learning, and other sites like 'Pinterest,' that allow the sharing of ideas and collaboration of projects, are very interesting to me as I think they would be great additions to my classroom practices.

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Stanton, Moira

10/06/2014 5:41pm

I was totally unaware that some of these terms even existed, let alone knew their meanings. It was amusing to read the different terms and definitions on netlingo, though, especially the acronyms. Of the terms related to technology in education, I had heard of and/or had used some of them (without necessarily knowing the term-Moodle as a CMS for example.) Others were totally new.

Three terms that were totally new and that could be used in my classroom are: asynchronous learning, mlearning and gamification. I think asynchronous learning could be a great tool for differentiation, if planned the right way. Students who need a greater challenge could get a lot out if it. Students who might need the lesson repeated a few times would be able to review. It could be used along with mlearning. Cell phone use is always controversial, but it would be awesome if the students could use them for learning activities. As far as gamification, students always enjoy anything presented to them as a game- I'm just not sure how this could be done on an individual level.

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Rhonda Bohl Leon

10/07/2014 3:58pm

Although I am familiar with the majority of the terms, there were quite a few that I found amusing. I'll never be able to look at my friend, Debbie, the same way again. The idea of online bullying has always been a mystery to me but I guess being called a "noob" could be somewhat offensive. Now I know if I hear students referring to each other in those terms how to address it.

I have used the Learning Management Platform, Moodle, for continued professional development for teachers. However, I have to admit that I have never actually created one. In my previous district I told the Technology Specialists what my vision was, they video taped me, and I provided them with the handouts, tests and certificates that I wanted put in. They did all of the grunt work. Perhaps now that I'm in a smaller school it's time for me to learn how. I have used hybrid learning before for my personal growth and like the idea of incorporating it into our classrooms. Especially Flipped Classrooms. I feel this is would be particularly useful with our ESL and SPED populations. I have encouraged teachers to allow these students to preview the lesson ahead of time and the hybrid format would facilitate learning.

Diigo was completely new to me and I can see how useful it will be when doing projects. I look forward to taking advantage of that site.

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Wing, Katherine

10/07/2014 7:57pm

Disaggregated data is a new vocabulary word I did not know, however I could see myself using it in my classroom after our MAP (Measure of Academic Progress) testing. We use the MAP test three times a year when the students answer about 52 questions in Reading, Language Usage, and Math. We use the results to group students by levels and classes, recommend students for the enrichment program, and to use the scores to help with referrals made. I could use myself using disaggregated data to see how the ESL students are doing. I would break it down from what their heart language is (ie. Spanish, Chinese, Korean, etc) and see how students are doing preforming. This would help the teacher and ESL teacher to see if one language is being catered to more than others with helping students with their English. For example, are the Spanish native speakers doing better than the Chinese speakers on their Language Usage MAP test, and if so, why?

Mashup: this word has multiple definitions. Originally it was how artists combined parts of songs into one song and called it a mashup. Then it added combining different video clips from multiple sources. The website gave the example of a skateboard video from different sources. The newest definition addition for “mashup” is a web application that combines multiple services into one application. I could see myself using this word for the purpose of the second definition. I would love for my students this year to make videos to show their learning instead of a traditional assessment on paper. It would be great to have my fourth graders make a video mashup of a topic we are learning to show their understanding. I could also see myself using a video mashup in a lesson to describe a science topic like natural disasters or effects that humans have on the environment.

As I was scrolling through the many words I did not know, I found “troll”. At first I thought of those naked plastic toys that you could play with their hair. Then I thought about the word “trolling” which I recently learned from high school students is like pranking. When I read this definition I saw that it’s somewhat similar but on the internet. It refers to someone posting offensive pictures, words and comments online on sites like Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. I could definitely see myself using this word when teaching my students about internet safety. We talk about general internet safety in our counseling class to support students emotionally. I could use the phrase “troll” as being a part of this discussion.

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Thomas Blickley

10/08/2014 6:26am

I have been part of the digital world since I was a child, starting with my first few years of school, and with being a person interested in tech, these terms are thrown around quite frequently.
A few of the terms I was unaware of include: Sig File, ¨debbie¨, and RTFM.
These terms are not anything profound, but the usage of them is something I have not encountered. Sig File: refers to a signature at the end of an e-mail, being aware and using signatures I know the idea, but the use of this lingo was not known. The idea of a ¨debbie¨ is very new to me, I grew up playing online games so I was aware of the idea of newbie and n00b (as it is written on most sites rather than noob). It interests me to know that you can quantify someone as being below not nothing anything about the digital world. The last is an acronym referring to reading a manual, RTM (RTFM), I have yet to experience this one first hand, though I have heard a lot of this SHOUTING on blogs, comments, and reviews which in turn basically tell people to stop asking dumb questions that can be found by doing a little bit of research.

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Jennifer Gibson-Millis

10/08/2014 9:17am

I was pleased to see that I knew (or have heard) a large portion of the vocabulary. The acronyms, however, were a whole different story. Just as in education terminology, it is difficult to keep track of all the acronym jargon. Thank goodness for the websites that you shared where I can quickly find the definition.

I enjoyed reading the definitions for "dead tree version", "biobreak", "411", "film at 11" and "404" as well as others. I can see myself hearing these terms being used by some of our middle and high school students as well as my own teenagers. Being able to communicate and connect with them in this manner is important.

Sig file was a new term but now I understand it is basically my signature and contact information. And an ISP is my Internet Provider which sometimes stinks here in Ecuador. I am still trying to understand what a p2p is. Would it be the network our school has for our staff? Is it when I share a Google doc?

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Meierjurgen, Kimberly

10/08/2014 2:09pm

After scanning several of the technology term databases, I found that I knew many technology buzz words but was not as familiar with words that centered around EdTech. I have experienced many of the concepts in everyday life: E-Learning, LMS, and MOOC's, 404. However, I never knew the official names for them. I was very excited to learn about websites like Kidsperation, where I can create visual representations of concepts to support my students when learning a new concept. One of my favorite things about technology vocabulary is that we can create new words like gamification (using video game styled learning activities to enhance motivation and learning) or adding the suffix “ –age” to words to add significance. I also found some words like, “dead-tree version”, or printed documents, to be very funny. My students are always mesmerized when we gamify their learning and use Ipad games, many times their interest in learning a concept is increased because the mode of instruction has changed; however, I also value using “dead-tree versions” of activities as well.

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Saenz, Lorena

10/08/2014 4:10pm

I have realized that I am familiar with most of the terms. The three terms that I found most interesting because they can be applied to my pre-kinder classroom are: gamification, digital storytelling and Moodle. I think I can use gamification in my classroom by designing lesson plans in the form of games. Students are going to be more motivated and engaged considering that most of them already spend some time each day playing electronic games. It will also be interesting for their parents since they would be able to access these lesson plans through the internet anywhere and at any time. This is going to help the parents to keep track of what their kids are learning and they be able to help reinforce some concepts at their homes.
I also think I am going to be able to use digital storytelling in my classroom. Students this age love stories and it would be nice if they could create their own stories and make them available to a larger community or if they could listen a story told by me while they can see different pictures or even the pages of the book. One way to do this that I found useful is Camtasia. I think this program could be very beneficial in my classroom in order to present stories in a different way. As a teacher I could read a book and record it using a program like this. Students could access the story anytime they want and from any place. I can also videotape the pages of the book or different images to make it more interactive and appealing.
Also I should start using Moodle more frequently. We use it in our classroom for calendars and a little bit of math. I think I can start using it more, even for language arts. In this way students will be more familiarized with the use of technology in education and it is also a good way to differentiate because it allows us to prepare different worksheets according to the student’s levels of readiness.
Overall I think I need to start using technology more frequently in the classroom, using a variety of programs and apps in order to create more engaging and differentiated lessons.

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Butler, Bryon

10/08/2014 5:26pm

Well, I'm a rootin tootin silver surfing debbie...and I never even knew it. How much I've missed out on due to this in this crazy thing called life I don't know. How much I'll have to catch up on I can't say. Boy, this is my first assignment and I'm already uber-ignorant! And, to prove it, I'll admit that I didn't have to search the gamut to find other words I didn't know. In fact, after my silver surfing debbie fiasco I threw in the proverbial towel and looked up MOOC which, it should be clear to everyone by now, I didn't know either. But.... now I know that I don't know, and by not knowing have learned three words. Yes, I might be an 8 track guy in a digital world, but my incremental steps are happening day by day!

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LaCroix, Alli

10/08/2014 6:14pm

Bryon, you made me laugh with this one!

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LaCroix, Alli

10/08/2014 6:13pm

While I am not necessarily a DEBBIE, I am not very good at using technology, as my fiance, Charles Denson, can attest to. Debbie is definitely a new term for me, and one that is quite appropriate as we get further into the 21 century. While I am not new, I am certainly new to many aspects of technology, so the term NEWBIE is more appropriate for me. I do use technology in the classroom to some extent. Most recently, I have been using the flip classroom method to introduce the new projects. I have been using EDMODO as the main page to keep all of my assignments and videos. While trying to keep myself organized, I find that I often MOMMIE-SAVE and then cannot find where I put the file I was just working on. I never new this was a term. I did have to laugh, because it sounds just like me.

I did want to comment on one other term though, because it made me laugh. NOOB, is certainly a term I have not heard before. And with all of the technology that our students have at their fingertips, we need to make sure we are all aware of this and that we stop bullying, especially at the cyber level.

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Denson Charles

10/08/2014 6:37pm

‘Blended Learning’, from the EDTECH CHEAT SHEET, caught my attention right away; mainly because it is one of the most important concepts we, as teachers, can provide our students. It is often challenging for us to bridge the technology gap between growing up in a generation where we had a friend with an Atari vs. our current generation who have friends that literally define themselves as “gamers”. As we prepare our students for the future it is important for us, and me especially, to remember to mix as much ‘gamificaiton’ into the curriculum as possible to keep the students engaged and learning in a way that is most likely to represent their future.

The 5th grade teaching team and students are currently working on a PYP unit that focuses on how our current decisions regarding how to care of the planet determine the legacy we leave for future generations, and ‘dead-tree version’ immediately jumped at me as a term my students will love. It strangely personifies our dependence on paper and the seemingly innocent daily decisions we make that collectively add up to a global problem.

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Decker, Kyla

10/08/2014 6:42pm

I have to say that I understood more terms than I thought I would, but there were definitely a lot that I had no clue about and after reading the description was still kind of lost. Something that surprised me was that moodle is not a webpage, but a learning management system (LMS). We use mooddle at school, but I had no idea that there were many different moodles out there. Also, meatspace was an interesting term relating to the real world rather than the cyberworld. I guess it makes sense. The third but certainly not last new term was mommie-save. I can't even count how many times I have hit save without having a clue as to where I put it. I'm sure that's something everyone can relate to.

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Lavalle, Marina

10/09/2014 3:00pm

I found that there were several words that I had no prior knowledge of while reading through the websites and watching the video. There is so much vocabulary when it comes to integrating technology in the classroom and I feel that I am not very familiar with most of it. For example, "hybrid learning" which means: when part of the learning occurs online and the other art occurs in the classroom. Another term that I was unfamiliar with was "LMS" which is learning management system. My school uses Moodle which is very helpful when it comes to sharing grades and feedback with students as well as a vehicle for students to turn in work. Lastly the term "MOOC" which is a fully online course. I have taken an online course before while I was in college but I had never heard this term before. All of these new words are very helpful when it comes to integrating technology into my classroom. I am very interested in attempting to "flip my classroom." I think that the students would reply positively to this style of lecture.

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Carmen JIJON

10/09/2014 8:43pm

I found words that open a whole new possibility for my class. Others that I was already familiar with, but didn’t really knowing their names and a list that was really funny and I enjoyed.

I have not thought before in using video games as a learning resource, the term gamification was completely new for me. I ended up asking about video games that are related to mythology and getting interested by God of War. I´m “newbie” in this field. The last ones I recall began with Pacman and ended with Mario (first edition), so any suggestions for this type of class resources are welcome. I had never heard before about MOOCS, but it seems I’m pretty active with them, actually now I´m taking 2 classes with Coursera. Finally, I was surprise by the multiple animal references that the @ has in different parts of the world, it is even call the “crazy”. I enjoy that list, I like words, I´m a language teacher.

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Urdiales, Chelsay

10/10/2014 5:43am

I felt familiar with most of the educational technology terms I encountered. I found myself being reminded of the real term to be used in various situations. Three terms that were a good reminder for me and got me thinking about my classroom use and integration of technology were:
MOOC- I would like to improve my professional development through a MOOC, especially since being abroad and professional development that meets requirements of my US license can be a challenge. I also wondered if students might be able to gain new learning in an area of inquiry through a MOOC course if it was at the appropriate developmental level for them.

Synchronous and Asynchronous Online Classes- I began to think about the possibilities that the moodle server and platform has at my school. These two terms have me thinking about changes I might be able to make to instruction to include an asynchronous component for instruction outside of the classroom.

Gamification-While I already use on line games to help my students work on their math and literacy skills geared toward helping them meet MAP Testing achievement goals, I thought it interesting that this is an actual term. I also think it would be great to learn more about the various gamification options that exist that are data driven and proven to help student achievement. I think that this could be a great key to engaging students with content and practice inside and outside of the classroom walls.

I look forward to continuing to learn about the ever changing world of Ed tech terms and I am excited to think about all of the resources that exist to help me improve and modernize my teaching practice.

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Maria Jose Arcos

10/11/2014 7:25am

Some of the terms listed on the volabulary were familiar to me but most of them were new. I really like the idea of learning more about this subject specially because I´m working with 11th graders. They are all about technology and I am aware that there are a lot of resources that for sure will be very helpful for me all of us.
Flipped Classroom sounds a great idea to me because I could give some lectures to my students before class that are related to some specific case studies in Psychology and after that we can all discuss and identify the Level of Analysis related to Psychology and all it implications.
Diggo is a great sourse of information that help help my students identify everything that is related to Psychology. There is huge amount of information that they need to acquire from the IB so it will definitely be useful for them.
LMS is a great platform so that teachers and students can have a constant interaction. Most of the high school students love working with technology so that kind of sourse will enhance their appreciation to the subject and all the different topic related to it.

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Monceau, Michelle

10/11/2014 9:14am

Our meatspace is adapting a technology-rich, challenged-based learning approach. For this, I would like to start off with helping teachers facilitate instruction and become ed techs (to begin with I would have to stop mommy-saving).

We could start by using...

1. VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS: where teachers could create online spaces where teachers and instructors interact.
2. ASYNCHRONOUS: teachers could post assignments where students are allowed to work independently with their assignments at different times. Students can refer to calendars, events, information, participants, summaries.

OR, teachers can choose the opposite.
3. SYNCHRONOUS: where teachers and students can work simultaneously.

4. FLIPPED CLASSROOM: where students can listen to lectures before class and while they are in the classroom they can discuss.

Actually, we the meatspace have not been eLearning and the four terms listed above will greatly facilitate instruction and make it enjoyable for all.

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Molina, Andrea

10/12/2014 1:41pm

When I read what the activity was I felt confident, I thought I would know them all but I found that it was not the case.

Even though I have heard a lot of the words used in the list I didn't know exactly what it meant. For example I didn't know that words like FAQ was called "acronym", even though I know what it means I didn't know the formal way of calling them.

Another word I found new was debbie, or mommy-save (which I actually do all the time while in Pinterest) which is was funny to learn that there is a word for things like that.

I also discovered new ways I could teach my classes, I do try to use technology from time to time but I find it really hard to do so since the school policy doesn't allow students to use technology in class or the slow connection. Also, I teach violin at school so it is difficult to find softwares to help me teaching what I need to teach, when I have the opportunity I certainly use them. But I will try to incorporate things like LMS or Flipped Classroom when I need to teach music theory or music history because I feel like my students are more connected with the activity if I use some technology resource apart from the typical youtube video.

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Moreano, Juan

10/12/2014 1:55pm

Since I am a technology teacher I am constantly trying to find new strategies to engage my 21st century students; therefore I have to say that I am familiar with most of the terms we have just reviewed. I honestly have not used all the different EdTech resources presented; I would love to learn more effective and creative ways to incorporate the use of new technology related strategies in my daily practices. I believe that the secret of using educational technology is to have a clear vision of what we want to use, when to use it and the ultimate benefit or objective of using it.
The most important thing is to master the application of a few platforms or tools in order to take it from there; then the need of expanding or enriching the use of technology in our classroom will automatically make us find new activities and explore different approaches. I do not know everything about technology or a computer, that’s why I am constantly trying to update my knowledge by exploring new resources to improve my teaching; we teachers should be the ultimate example of long life learning, and teaching with technology is what the world of education demands now.

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Sheppard, Kendra

10/12/2014 2:15pm

I, like several of you mentioned, thought I would know a lot of these technology terms (and I did to a certain extent) but was surprised (but also glad) to find out that there is a lot more out there than I thought. But this also, in a sense, overwhelms me...all that info. out there and I don't even make a "dent" in my knowledge of it.

*3 terms that I found to be interesting were: "dead-tree version", 1:1, and mLearning.

In my classroom, I am beginning to integrate technology more and more into my lessons. I guess I didn't realize that I was even incorporating "e-learning" into my classroom. It can be as big as doing an activity with an iPad to showing a movie clip about a math concept that we are going to be learning about. The same goes for mLearning. Yes, I am learning more and more about (and doing my best to include) activities that my students can do on iPads...but I didn't know that the term for that was mLearning. It's nice to be able to put a specific term with what I am doing.

As I am incorporating technology more and more into my lesson plans, I love seeing my students' excitement that comes with it....but yes, I am still a teacher who knows that sometimes, the "dead tree version" of an activity is sometimes best learned through a worksheet or other pencil-and-paper activity.

And lastly, I was very interested in learning that 1:1 has more than 2 or 3 meanings. It can mean "face time", where you talk to a person one-on-one. It can be used as a teacher working 1-on-1 with a student who is struggling. But in terms of technology and learning, it means that each student has their own technological device to enhance their learning. How I wish this could be true at the school I work at...but for the time being, I'm thankful to have 1 iPad in my classroom that I can use for activities in a group, where the students learn to share and/or work together while using the iPad.

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Guerra, Ma. Lorena

10/12/2014 4:07pm

I enjoyed a lot reading the lectures because I was digitally-evangelized while I did. It´s amazing how the netlingo has evolutionated through years until becoming a whole new language.
I thought I was a netizen, but I realized that I´m a newbie because I don´t know how to use some software that can help me with my teaching in order to meet my objectives but, among all, to make my class more interactive and interesting for my students who are not newbie at all. I also found interesting that it exists a netiquette for Professional Online Communication.
Something revealing for me was that what I always being searching for wherever I go are huge pipes.
I didn´t know about the existence of a software capable to generate Adaptive Learning, which I think is awesome and I will like to try soon.
The Flipped Classroom is a very useful method that I can apply to my teaching area, because then I can ensure that my students understood correctly the theory and help them applying it to homework, building the knowledge towards the summative evaluation of the unit.

There were many technology terms I wasn't familiar with, and I think it has to do with a generational gap and also I am not a very technological person. I found the term Cryptic new to me, but after reading the definition it clicked perfectly to me. This definition has been around for the longest time, however I had never heard it mention as part of technology.
Another term which I found really interesting is Eye Candy because after reading its' definition I can relate to it. Eye Candy can be applied to anything in our daily life because it is how something is decorated (accessories) that it catches our eye, therefore our attention. Furthermore, I can also relate that if I place to much Eye Candy it becomes something negative because it takes your attention from the main ideas, taking away the primary objective.
The third term I found curious is deep dive, which is a term that I would have never associated with technology. However, when you read the definition you can associated with technology and education in the daily classroom assignments. For example I can use these terms with students if I want to communicate certain characteristics which I need my students to include in presentations, assignments, projects, etc.

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Francisco Porras

10/12/2014 5:38pm

For my entire life I have arrived to all kinds of technological developments a little late, from having a black and white TV in which I played with AMIGO console (a clone version of the already above mentioned Atari) of course all my friends at school owned the incredible NINTENDO in which they will already kill ducks and eat powered mushrooms as Mario appeared, all was just my parents fault, instead they gave me a cello. This entire boring introduction, just to mention that I actually like very much the use of such things, but somehow I was never in a hurry to start using the latest device.

I actually got very motivated on using technology, as I understood I had to communicate faster and easier, and that came also with becoming a teacher and with this the magical understanding of our 21st generation minds.
I appreciate all of you that know a lot of terminology, but actually as I went through techterms.com and Diigo site I understood that I use a lot of technological resources or I feel I am not an ignorant in some of them, but I just don´t know how to call them.

Interesting for me was the Ellen Morphy´s definition of eLearning and how it makes student and teacher closer. Infinite resources and communication with students for us teachers to enrich and potentiate quality teaching time. Hybrid Learning, the use of a Flipped Classroom is of huge motivation for me, and how to master it and continue it´s usage. Indeed any mooc classes I have taken are a fantastic way for me to call my attention on 21st century learners.

Tech Acronyms will be the hardest, but that might be since I am not a native speaker. Actually what called my attention, as I was doing the survey was the use of mobile devices and apps in classroom. I would really like to know how combine those, since I believe this could be very beneficial of controversial as well.

As a music teacher we use technological resources and devices a lot that nowadays are part of the basics and the nicest ways of teaching, sound manipulation. Also description and music perception has been enriched a lot with the nowadays use of technology.

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Russo, Mark

10/12/2014 6:20pm

Hey all,

First of all, the Chat Slang page was hilarious and entertaining. My personal favorite: PHAT (pretty hot and tempting). Never knew that phat was actually an acronym.

It has been interesting to sift through some of these terms/applications. I feel confident in most of them, however there were a few that were new.

I've used diigo.com for years now as a personal online bookmarking site, but I never considered the idea of using it as a social bookmarking tool for my students. It makes sense and I think it has great potential in terms of getting students to collaborate, particularly in research. I think during projects I could get students to contribute tags to websites that their peers would find useful. Over time this could grow to a sort of "give and take" resource for students in which they can use websites already bookmarked, but also would be required to contribute something new.

Snagit.com was also new to me. I've used snipping tools to help create materials for class, but I've never seen a web based version of it. It will be very useful for students in my history classes as they will be able to incorporate visual images into their assignments in a quick and easy way. Trying to get them to experiment with new types of technology such as this is goal of mine.

LMS was a new term to me. My school is currently using a few learning management systems, but I didn't know what they were called in general! The LMS's we use have an awkward overlap between them, and I don't really like our current system. Teachers can use some systems to post assignments, but others to post feedback, etc. I've mostly stayed away from using them. I am open to using them, but from what I've seen, they can sometimes be tedious or kind of difficult. I think there are opportunities to use free web based systems, and this is something that I would like to investigate further.